Humans are a rarity in a leech’s habitat. A difficult prey that only shows up occasionally to intrude and stomp all over their remote muddy homes. Additionally, of the 35 species we’ve discovered in Ontario, most are uninterested in humans. The ones who do care for our blood are catego...
How humans transfer short-term memory into long-term memory is a hot topic in neurology. The recent discovery of CREB (cyclic AMP response element binding protein) in the medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis, might help shed some light. CREB, known to have importance in human ...
multilineata Moore 1953 which has been reported in 17 species and subspecies of reptiles, such as alligators, crocodiles, snakes, and turtles, as well as in amphiumas [25]; and Placobdella ornata (Verrill 1872) which infests turtles, as well as fish, amphibians, birds, and humans [22]...
Long dismissed as a throwback to the Middle Ages, doctors have been turning to the parasites to help transplant and plastic surgery patients.
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Leeches, though they can cause discomfort, are not known to pass diseases to humans.[16] In fact, they were traditionally used medicinally. Occasionally, leeches and leech byproducts are still used medicinally. You can prevent leeches from attaching to your body by covering up exposed areas of...